Analyzing Prince Harry’s Body Language in ‘Harry & Meghan’ Trailer

Body language experts, gather! New trailer for The documentary series of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has droppedThis is a new level of wonderful drama. And the The conversation includes Harry about his decision to distance himself from the Royal Family – so, naturally, it’s time to read his body language. And feelings … uncomfortable.

First of all, take a moment to watch the trailer, so we’re all on the same page:

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Kai, awesome, now let’s turn our attention to body language expert Judi James, who has a lot to say.

“We see Harry’s body language present in five different and seemingly contradictory states in this short clip,” Jodi says. the sun. “First we have the power pose. Harry adopts the classic businessman’s power pose as he says ‘I wonder what would have happened if we hadn’t gone out when we did.’ His elbows are on the arms of his chair and his hands are joined lightly in front of his chin to create a bridge ritual, with the lower part of his arms and hands forming the shape of the bridge “.

“His fingers in that bridge perform a confident, metronomic gesture by gently tapping. It all gives the impression of someone of high status making an assessment of a situation,” Judy adds. “His thumbs are inscribed in this light clasp, which is another gesture of power/status. And it looks like he’s doing a long blink. That makes him look reliable.”

However, Harry then moves to a “less emphatic gesture” when he says “I said we need to get out of here”, and Jody notes that his “body language seems incongruous”.

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“Covering your mouth to hide it while speaking often suggests that you’re not sure of your own words and putting it in your mouth hints that you’re saying something you’re not comfortable or unsure about sharing,” Judy explains.

Next, we see Harry grinning over his trip outside the UK (which is self-explanatory), and when we next see him being interviewed about moving on to the next chapter in his and Meghan’s lives.

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“He appears with his head tilted,” Jody says, indicating a desire to be loved, and uses the stacking gesture with both hands to his left to represent or imply some passing of things into his past while revealing the main reason for not continuing with his new ideal life: “For us to move on.” Chapter two we have to finish the first. He used a similar push from his two hands to his left when he was talking about William in the past.”

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Finally, Harry’s last moment of body language — “the looks are all about getting ready for a fight,” Jody says, adding that “when he says he’s ‘worth fighting for,’ he rolls or rubs his shoulders as if he’s getting ready for a fight or getting ready for a real fight.” .”

Damn, if the body language experts are getting that much out of a 1.23-second trailer, I’m really not prepared for what’s going to happen when the next three episodes drop on Thursday.